I just returned from an amazing weekend away with my Heritage Makers Family. We had our annual convention in Anaheim, Ca. at the Anaheim Marriott. There were over 400 women there who share my passion for Storybooking and preserving their heritage. There was so much good information, training, and uplifting motivation to keep us going in our business throughout the year. It was fun to be able to be with our team members in person, and to re-connect with friends from previous trainings, and to make new friends. We had 2 full days of workshops, with fabulous speakers like Karen Phelps, Wendy McGee, Joey O'Conner, Doug Cloward, Hallie Redd, and we even heard a tidbit from Oprah herself! Yep, that's right, you heard me. Turns out even Oprah believes in preserving stories. One of our Amazing consultants, Brenda Kruse, made her a book about Gracie, Oprah's dog that passed away a year ago, and sent it to her on the anniversary of her death. Oprah called her back and left a nice message expressing her gratitude. Click Here to listen to the message. Click Here to See the book. Click on "Full Screen", so you can read the story.
We also attended a Royal Ball on Friday night to recognize and honor those consultants who had advanced in rank, had phenominal acheivements, and completed and earned various incentives. As you know, "my life is a breeze!" Below is a photo of our Team:
I just went out to the garden and there were 2 big cantelopes sitting there all ready to be picked! How Fun! There are 10 more on the vine, that are 1/2 as big, and it's almost October. I hope they make it. I always plant so late in the year that it's a wonder if I get anything at all!
Below is a photo of my little cutie eating some of last years Cantelope. It's been a good couple of seasons for that. We also have tomatoes coming out our ears. Which is a fun place to have them coming out of! I love to Garden, and every year is unique. Sometimes we have lots of bugs. Sometimes we don't get any peppers. Sometimes things die early in the season because I lost interest and started ignoring it. But these last 2 years, have been amazing. We must have much better soil than we use to! I love the harvest season when all your hard work finally pays off. My life is a breeze! :-)
This morning, I got up as usual to drive the monkey's to school, and start the daily grind. After dropping them I ended up passing the LDS temple on my drive to go do some grocery and other shopping. I saw the "little gold guy" on top of the temple and thought of my good friend Debbie. Her and I had gone out shopping last week to find her a formal dress for some recognition she'll be receiving from the company we both work with. (Heritage Makers ) We found her a dress, and then decided she'd need one of those body shaper things so she could feel her best at the ball. :-) So we both sat there and laughed for about 10 minutes while she tried to cram herself into one of these things, she was shocked and horrified that women actually wear these. I assured her that all was well and that was how it should be. Well, being the Debbie that she is, she also managed to have a meaningful conversation with the department head at Sears, and took her out to lunch the next day to discuss how she might join our ranks in Heritage Makers. She told me the story of their conversation, and how this woman had asked wha the deal is with the "little gold guy" on top of the temple. So not only did Debbie manage to get a great business contact, but now she is doing missionary work on top of it, and all while she is crammed into a body shaper! Very impressive! So when I saw the little "gold guy" on top of the temple, I thought of my friend, and what an example she is to me. I called her up, and left a message, and told her how neat she is. Now I have to tell one more story in order to put the rest of this in context. When Debbie and I met, she was pregnant, and I had just had a baby. Her baby was born 3 months pre-mature, and I went to the hospital to see if there was anything I could do for her. I asked her why she wasn't up and walking yet, because that is very important as soon as possible after a c-section, and she said she didn't have anything to cover her properly so she could, and she quietly asked if I could buy her some underwear. So I wend out and bought her a robe, and some undies. And she loves to tell people in her sassy way that I bought her underwear. (this was 11 years ago.) So yesterday I was feeling sentimental toward my friend, and I was out shopping already, so I thought it would be fun if just for old times sake, I bought her another pair of underwear. When I presented them to her later that afternoon, we both busted up laughing! We ended up getting to spend the afternoon together too because her car was in the shop, and just like a couple a teenagers we sat around, laughed, and watched youtube videos. (Just the ones mom's would enjoy, of course.) My friend Laura came by, and got sucked into our little party, and by the time she left, Debbie had her committed to signing up with Heritage Makers. What a stinker! I've been trying to convince her for 6 months! And all it took was one afternoon with Debbie! I have alot to live up to , but hey, like I said before, "My life is a breeze!"
Ok, everyone keeps telling me I should start a blog. It's the "in" thing to do. Truthfully I like to write, and I keep a journal, I just seemed a little skeptical of how this was going to go.
I was over at a neighbors house visiting her with a friend, and we asked how everything was going. She replied "my life is a breeze" and smiled really big and genuine like, and I thought to myself, "wow!, a breeze, really? What would that be like?" I am so far behind on everything I want to do, need to do, and should've already done, that the words breeze, and life, have never entered my vocabulary in the same week.
So I decided this would be a great way to start my blog. I went to a leadership training for the company I work for, and I was taught how to dream, how to set goals, and how to get what I want out of life. The first thing you're supposed to do is speak "as if" those things already "are." So let me end my first post with, "my life is a breeze!"
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